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HURSBCOLLAR LOGK- Patented May 27 UNITED STATES PATENT Fries.

ERASTUS S. LAFFERTY, OF INDIANA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO GODFREY MARSHALL, OF SAME PLACE.

HORSE-COLLAR LOCK.-

SPEC'II-ICATION forming part of Letters .Patent No. 299,481, dated May 27, 1884. Application filed June 11, 1883. (N model.)

To all whom it may concern.- loop B, which is attached to the opposite end Be it known that I, ERASTUS S. LAFFERTY, or collar to be attached, is secured. The crossa citizen of the United States of America, rebar a on the loop A is circular in cross-secsiding at Indiana, in the county of Indiana tion, and the side bars, I), which are formed and State of Pennsylvania, have invented cer- ,integral therewith extend slightly to the rear of tain new and useful Improvements in Horsethis cross-bar b, so as to provide side flanges,b. Collar Locks; and I do hereby declare the fol- When my device is designed to be placed lowing to be a full, clear, and exact descripeither upon a hanie or an ordinary collar tion of the invention, such as will enable othhaving a single strap, the fastening device 10 ers skilledin the art to which it appertains to is provided at one end with projecting lugs make and use the same, reference being had to c c, which are formed thereon. Otherwise the accompanying drawings, and to letters or the lever, which may be termed a cam-1e: figures of reference marked thereon, which ver, is of ordinary construction. By means form a part of this specification. of these projections c c, the loop A and the I 5 The object of my presentinvention is to proleverO may be secured to each other by simvide a device for more conveniently detaching ply upsetting or bending these projections 0 or locking the ends of horse-collars or hames, 0, so as to embrace the cross-bar a of the loop, in order to dispense with buckles, whereby the thus bringing the parts together. ends may be readily secured to each other and The loop B, hereinbefore referred to, has

20 detached when desired 5 and it is designed more its end (1 bent downward, as shown. especially as an improvement upon my pat- When it is desired to unite either hames or ents dated July 4, 1876, and July 2, 1878, in the ends of the collars when this style of fastwhich patents I have shown the curved lever ening is used, it is only necessary to pass the with a hooked end, which lever in my former free end of the lever 0 through the loop B,

25 patents bore the lateral strain, while in my when the loop will slip down to the end of the 7 5 present invention this strain is borne by the lever adjacent to the hinge, and by depressing .end of the loop and the lever is attached to a the end of the lever will be brought Within the cross-bar of said loop by upsetting a portion upturned end of the loop A, thus securing the of the metal, either onthe loop orlever, whereparts to each other.

0 by said lever will be securely and cheaply held It will be also noticed that by having the in position; and with this end in View my inlugs c 0 opened on the outer side of the lever vention consists in the construction and com- 0, no pressure is brought to bear against these bination of the parts, as will be hereinafter lugs beyond the mere weight of the lever C, more fully set forth, and pointed out in the and when this lever is used as a cam the press- 35 claims. ure is against the solid portion of the same.

In the annexed drawings, which illustrate The hook upon the end of the lever O is of my invention, Figures 1 and2are views showsuch shape that when the parts are brought ing the same attached to a collar and to the together there is no pressure upon it and it hames of a collar. Figs. 3, 4, and 5are detail will only come in contact with the cross-bar .lo perspective views of one style of buckle which of the loop B when the lever is'raised. 0 may be used either as a hame or collar fast- The ends of the loops A and B are attached ener. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the collar-fastto the hame or collar by means of straps, one ener. Fig. 7 is a modification of the same. or both of which may be adjustable, and the In the annexed drawings, A represents the loops B, when used upon a hame, may, if de- 5 loop which is provided at one end with crosssirable, be permanently secured thereto. 9 5

bars a and connecting side bars, b, which are In Fig; 7 I have shown a modification of curved outwardly and back upon themselves, my invention, which is designed to be used and are united by a round transverse crossupon horse-collars which are provided with bar, a. By this constructionhooksare formed double straps at their upper ends between 50 upon the ends of the loop A, over which the which pass the hames, in which modificaroo tion the crossbar of the loop 13, as hereinbefore referred to, is extended laterally and provided with eyes, to which eyes may be secured tongues, thus converting the same into buckles, thus providing means for attaching the separate straps on the sides of one end of the collar.

The loop A, which corresponds to the loop A, may be either an open loop, as shown in Fig. 5, or a single cross-bar with projecting ends, as shown in Fig. 7. To the central portion of this loop, projecting upwardly, are formed two arms provided at their ends with eyes constructed similarly to that shown upon the lever O, which embrace, afterbeing upset, the cross-bar formed on the end of the lever, which is opened. and provided at its end with a grooved connecting-bar, within which the hames may lie.

lot will be noticed that one of the main features of my invention consists in connecting the metal formed thereon, thus dispensing entirely with rivets, and formin a secure hinge, which will considerably reduce the cost of inanuthcturc, and does not impair the strength of the fastener.

That portion of the fastener upon which the lugs are formed (which are upset so as to form the hinge) is constructed of malleable iron.

This fastener may be supplied to the trade with any degree of finish that may be desired, and may be readily attached to collars and hames of any construction.

I am aware that prior to this application it was not broadly new to provide a hame or collar fastener with a cam-lever for uniting the parts, which canrlever would be held against the haine or collar by pressure after the parts are united, and I do not claim such as my invention.

The hame and collar fastener hereinbei'orc described, with the exception of the modification shown in Fig. 7, maybe manufactured in two sizes, the smaller sixe being of less width and is adapted especially for hames, while the collar-iastener will be of greater width, so that their mechanical construction otherwise will be identical.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination with a hame or collar having a loop attached to one of the free ends of the same, a cam'lever, C, having lugs c 0 formed on its upper side, which are adapted to be upset so as to embrace a cross-bar of a Y loop attached to the opposite free end of the the lever to one of the loops by a portion of hanie or collar, said lever being provided with a h ool; on its under side,substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a hanie or collar fastener, the loop A, provided with rounded cross-bar a, raised above the plane of the portions (0 and Z), in combination with the eam levcr G, with lugs c c, embracing the bar a, and loop B, attached to the opposite side of the hame or collar, the parts being organized substantially as shown.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

E AST'US S. LAFFER'LY.

Witnesses:

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